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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="26-402" title_number="26" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Parties and Procedure on Citation, Arrest, Trial, and Appeal" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Venue, Court Procedure, Bail, and Charging Documents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply if the alleged offense is any of the offenses enumerated in § 26–202(a)(3)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a police officer arrests a person and takes the person before a District Court commissioner as provided in this title, the person shall be released on issuance of a citation if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A commissioner is not available;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A judge, clerk, or other public officer, authorized to accept bail for the court is not available; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The person charged gives the person’s written promise to appear in court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
